Improvement in shingle-machines



v4sponding parts" in the several figures. r'

This invention relates to an 'improved 4shingle-machineof that class in which saws 5 are emplyed to perform the work.

1 4 The object of the inventionv isto obtain a machine by which thewhole bolt maybe STATES sHERMAN ANTHONY, OF s'rItLwATER, NEW YORK.

`iMReeves/:ENT IN summa-MACHINES.

Specification.foliiiing part of Letters Patent No. 35,288, dated May 20, 1862.

I To all whom/t ntaiyjconce'rn:

- Be it known that I, SHERMAN E. ANTHONY, vof Stillwater, inthe county of- Saratoga and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Shingle-Machinegv and I dohereby `declare that the-following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had Ato the `annexed* drawings, making' a part of this specication, in which- Figure l is a vertical' section' of `inven- :E tion, taken in the linewf, Fig. 24; Fig. '2,

horizontal seetionof the same, taken in the line fy y, Fig. 1;- Fig. 3,. a detached inverted plan of a portion pertaining tothe same.; Fig. `4, a diagram` showingthe` saw cuts or keys' in t thebolt.

Similar etters of referenceindicate corresawed simultaneously-into shingles of proper Y taper form; and to this end I employ two gangs-of saws-One gang beingplaced in an fordinary reciprocating gate or frame, and the iA other gang placed in a gate or frame which has a lateral .as Well as a reciprocating movement, all `being arranged substantially as hereinafter 'shownand described, `whereby the desiredresultis attained. A VTo enable those skilled in the art to fully understand -andconstrnct .I ny invention, I will proceed-to describe it.

A represents Larectangular frame conm strncted'in any proper way to' support the working parta-and 4Bis a saw-gate or sash,

which is 'fitted onjproper guides, C'C, and a1- 'lowedto Work freely up and ,down thereon, said saw-gate 'being operated by the ordinary crank and pitman.- The side pieces, a a, of

lthe sawfgate Bare connected at` their upper and'lower partsfby crossfbars l), two bars b j' .beingateachy end; anden these bars the saws c are strained, any proper number being used, according 4to Ithe size. of the bolts lto' 'be sawed.

D is' a saw-gate which is connected .to the' "gate ll, thelatter :being wthn'lthe fol-mei'. The side.` pieces, d d, of the g'ate D are connected at their upper ends by' two bars, e e, which iit in recesses in the sidepieces, a a, of the gate B, andthe lower cross-piece, f, of

Witnesses:

gateV D is connected tothe upper ends of arms g, the `lowerendsof which are secured by pivotsy h to the lower end of the gate B. In the gate D saws i are placed, the saws c of the two gates having alternate positions, but y ,placed in line with each other.

four saws are shown in the drawings, two in` The gate D may' have its lateral movement given it by means of an oblique 1 cleat, j, attached to the under side of abar, E, which is connected to the bolt-carriage F, the .l

each gate.

cleat j of bar E fitting in a recess which is made in ahorizontal bar, G, attached to the.

gate 'D. The cleat j of bar E is shown clearly in Fig. 3.

The operation, is as follows: The bolt to beV sawed (shown in red outline) is placed on the Vcarriage F, and thelatter is moved toward the saws inthe usual or in any proper way, the two gates working up and down, as usual. As the lcarriage moves yforward, the oblique cleatj moves the gateD laterally, and the saws 7l, in consequence of this lateral. movement, will saw theshingles in proper taper form. The cuts ofthe saws ct' are indicatedby the-lines c e in Fig. 4. By this arrangement -it will be seen that shingles maybe very rapidly and perfectly sawedfin proper taper form; vand it will also be seen that there will be no. waste timber, all being sawed into A shingles, provided a sufficient number of saws.

are used to correspond with the width of the bolt.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The' arrangement of the' saws c i, the' reciprocating gate l, and vthe laterally-adjust able reciprocating gate'f D,wth each other and Awith the bar E, cleatj, and carriage F, the

whole constructed and operating in the manuel-.herein shown and described.

` S. E. ANTHONY. Y

HAMILTON HA'rHAWAY, M. G. HEWITT. 

